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That’s why he started Pod Save the World-a weekly podcast that breaks down international news and foreign policy developments, but doesn’t feel like homework. Each week, he and former deputy national security advisor Ben Rhodes walk you through the latest developments with a variety of experts and take you behind the scenes of big decisions with the people who were there. New episodes every Wednesday.
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The people who can change our tax regulations to benefit the majority are those who would lose out. This is corruption.
Jealous because they going to live longer than us? Such a weird statement
Israel is committing a genocide
Always fascinating to see Americans pointing at Europe. Look at that, far right is winning! While completely ignoring the anti-democratic tendencies that are alive and kicking in America, the global hub of armed neo-nazi militias.
As an Australian cricket spectator, cricket is just an excuse to get drunk in a park 5 days in a row (or 1 day or 3 hours depending on the format). It's pretty awesome!
So basically Rishi Sunak did his job 😂 well done for this insightful information 😂
sure. or you could look a bit further and realise that he was one of the main profiteers of the financial crisis of 2009 which led to the worst drop in living standards since pre-napoleonic times.
@@theoteric but he wasn't one of the "main" profiteers of the financial crash you have just pulled that out of your ass...even the video said the firm he worked for made millions out of a bank sale not him personally
This woman has the brainpower of a roach.
Calling the social democrats the equivalent of the Democrats is crazy to me. These are neoliberal, but in principle socialist parties. The liberals may be closer to the democrats, somewhat liberal and what the us would consider 'left' on cultural issues, but full on captalist in their economic ideology.
Very anti semetic to point out Israel when the US led coalition was accused of the same crimes in Syria, Iraq and north eastern Afghanistan
Let alone Yemen
Le Pen is such a horrific creature. I think that John Oliver has done pieces about her before. Shudder… NeoCons… Ick.
Great guests, thanks :D
It's just ridiculous you guys keep calling this guy "Bibi".
Did you know that the Indian Premier League (IPL) is the second richest private for profit sports league in the world, only second to the NFL. The IPL is richer than the NBA, MLB, the English Premier League, Serie A, etc.
"I don't understand cricket" - hell, I'm a Brit who used to watch it and honestly, at times, nor do I.
So apparently the IDF killed almost 300 Palestinians, 3 of their own hostages, and maybe friendly fired their own unit commander to death, all just to free 4 hostages. Understand the Israeli military celebrating this (they desperately need the win), but seeing the US defense establishment hailing this as a huge success was genuinely disturbing. Is this what we can expect US operational "success" to look like going forward?
People are happy because innocents were freed. there is nothing disturbing about that.
@@theman44ful That happiness should be moderated via sincere consideration of the fact that many more innocents were slaughtered.
Hey Crooked, 'Why isn't there a 'Pod Save Canada?' It would be great, especially before the elections.
I had to listen back several times to understand you were trying to say Magyar Péter's name. XD Buddy. You absolutely butchered it. Do better. And as for why people jumped on the bandwagon: because very few people actually want Orbán in the seat, but there has been nobody good enough to beat him. To be fair... am pretty sure Magyar Péter is either a trojan horse or a clown, but I'm still very very happy Orbán took a big hit. I just wish it had been a centrist or leftist party who dealt him the damage, and not one of his disgruntled buddies, who did not get to steal any more money. (he used to be the former justice minister's hubby, and also head of some govt businesses that stopped the payouts the moment the divorce went through. Guy is pissed as all hell.)
European extremists are encouraged by Trump and his extremists. They feel the United States won't step in If European conflicts erupt.
WTF Macron! Did you have to do this just days after D Day Commemoration, election will be 2 weeks before Bastille Day, a month before the opening of the Paris Olympics, just days before the July 4th elections in the UK. Jeez, between Sunak and Macron, it's like it's a race to give us global anxiety on the road to fascism... Yeah, I know, Sunak isn't a fascist and probably far right will not win many votes there... But back to Macron, ya done good on the D Day events- at least from the American perspective. Why make the French go through this right now? And yeah, Tangara 180, you know that you have to vote for him. Just like we have NO CHOICES whether to vote for Joe BIden. Though, at least Joe Biden is likeable. Oh if we had only taught about WWII and fascism in school.
There is one form of cricket that lasts for up to five days. This form lasts about 4 hours. The important thing for Americans to know, is that after football (soccer) it is the sport with the second largest TV audience world wide.
More cricket talk, please.
The self described “anti-globalist” authoritarian movements are in reality globally coordinated politically in a way that the pro-western, pro-democracy, groups just aren’t. They have the same set of people working in every country to undermine democracy while the pro-democracy groups mostly focus own their own domestic politics and try not to interfere with each other’s elections.
In a fair democratic election, I have no problem with right, far-right parties getting votes and seats. I do say fair and democratic though. America is not democratic, and does not have representative voting considering that it can come down to 5 states who decides the presidency. The UK also has a stupid two-party system. These two countries are living in the past. A true democracy will develop and allow for smaller parties to gain support, whether they be left or right or in the centre. But to only have two options in a winner takes all electoral system in 2024 is ridiculous. Society is diverse and the elections should reflect that fairly. Only having two viable parties, like the US and UK is just not representative. Like we see recently people scoffing at republicans voting for trump.....who else can they vote for, the only other guy who has a chance?
"Any government would have launched an operation like this...." NOPE. Even a U.S. general said on CNN special forces never even would have launched an operation like this if they thought there was even a potential for the IDF claimed civilian casualty death count of 100. Really disgusting take by Tommy to marginalize the deaths of the Palestinian civilians.
What a shameful country Biden needs to go and USA deserves Trump I am a New Zealander 76 yrs old USA since vietnam and WW1 1917 and WW2 1941 tells everything about human life
Thank you for the shoutout to Queens, Ben. Born and raised there🔥
This was a great video. It clued me in to a better analysis of the EU and France. As one of the Canadian followers of the show, i really appreciate Ben's explanation of China and India as it relates to Canada.
Eastern Europeans and the Nordics managed to fight off the right-wing and russian fuelled propaganda. Just putting it out there for those left-wing Westeies who believed in russian lies about de-nazifying anybody in case they decide to genocide us too.
35:57 "Hamas is holding these people in densely populated areas..." The people who use human shields are monsters. The people who engage in wholesale slaughter of those same human shields _are also monsters._
This is hilarious!
We will see how it goes but so far every time there was snap elections in France, the party who surged to power did not win the next presidential elections. It is usually a trap and it can delay winning the presidential elections. The far right wants to appear as the solution but apart from promising to end or limit immigration, they have no policy and they never manage to limit the immigration. In the UK, they voted Brexit because they had enough of migrants but they ended up with more migrants than pre-Brexit. Trump did not finish his "beautiful wall" and Meloni has not controlled immigration yet and some people are disappointed.
Great point about having to pause their lives for 2 years! It’s had a massive effect on children who had to go through that
Don’t let your healthcare go private, you’ll be like the United States. Medical bankruptcy, millions uninsured.
Good enough far right was needed to protect our border from Muslims invasions
Absolutely, inflation is a significant concern, especially given the current state of the global economy.
With all the recent economic turmoil, I'm really worried about inflation.
It's definitely a hot topic right now. The pandemic caused disruptions in supply chains and led to increased government spending, which could contribute to rising prices.
Inflation can erode the purchasing power of your money over time, especially in today's global economy.
With prices seemingly going up on everything, I'm not sure how to protect my finances.
That's where a genuine financial consultant can really be of help. They can analyze your financial situation and recommend strategies to hedge against inflation.
"Pod Save the World" inflicts American sports on us all the time... but is totally clueless about the second most popular sport in the world. How very American ;)
the US National Parks Service has tweeted as Puxatawny Phil saying he’s not a meteorologist and that a prairie dog was running their social media so a talking waterfall in China isn’t that big a deal unless they’re telling everyone to praise Mao.
but as long as it only appears we will try to hold countries and other actors in the global South accountable, then we can’t do anything on Sudan. it’s not like anyone wants Sudan ignored-it’s just that we’d be massive hypocrites and cause the rules based order to collapse if we only act on Sudan and not on Israel.
Listening to American foreign policy nerds completely butcher cricket terminology was the comic relief I didn't know I needed today. Cheers!
What a spineless coward. Would he say the same thing if that was Benjamin Netanyahu instead of Sheikh Mansour?
Always learn more and feel better informed after listening to POD SAVE THE WORLD
You really think a 2nd term Prez Trump won’t think “annexing” Canada wouldn’t be a good idea? He’d love to show our northern nice-guy neighbors how to get down & dirty, NY mob style. Canadians have thought the US has had this in mind for decades.
57:19 Point of contention, Tuberville actually went 7-3 against Bama before he left. It was really pre-Saban that he racked up some wins but he often had very good Auburn teams (like 2004). I was a student there before he left in 08. He never really recreated that success. Still hate the guy.
I live in Germany and don't believe it was the Greens dragging Scholz down. They're very unpopular on the right, yes, but those people already didn't like Scholz. Personally I think it's their third partner, the FPD, dragging both parties down. They're liberals in the classical sense and obsessed with cutting any kind of public spending while giving out tax breaks that immediately cancel out whatever they saved in cuts. They got the Ministry of Finance in the coalition agreement (huge strategic mistake for the SPD/Greens IMO) and have put the brakes on pretty much every spending initiative the SPD & Greens propose. So the SPD & Greens are unable to deliver anything to their base, and those voters are leaving. Meanwhile the FDP itself has become wildly unpopular and is polling right on the edge of the 5% threshold to enter the German Bundestag at all (I think they got 5.2% in the European elections). So IMO it's just a terrible coalition where every party is miserable and no one is getting what they want. Lately it feels like the only laws getting passed are things that cost people more money out of pocket (because the FDP refuses to approve more government spending) and this is pissing people off.
Guess your pro-Hamas parades are backfiring. They’re going to backfire here in the US too, Jew-haters.
For anyone who doesn't understand cricket, there's a very good tutorial on KZread called something like "Cricket for Americans" or "Cricket for baseball fans". I don't totally get it either, but it makes a lot more sense after watching the video; it's about as complicated as baseball overall, but the scoring and the way to determine when the "innings" and game end are quite different. EDIT: It's called "Cricket explained for baseball fans". I'd link it but KZread apparently frequently deletes comments that contain links.
Special forces operations occur overwhelmingly at night for both tactical reasons (night vision advantages) and to reduce collateral damage. "We own the night" is a common slogan for many special forces operating companies. So why did this take place during the day? Why would you give your enemy an advantage (daylight) when you don't have to? We'll never have a definitive answer, but situations like these support a growing belief that Israel is designing its operations to maximize collateral damage and civilian death. These beliefs are of course aided by the statements from leaders within the Israeli government. I'm also quite disturbed by reports that this raid used an aid truck and was launched from the humanitarian pier that we built. Doesn't this put all other aid workers at risk of harm? Not to mention the criminality of using aid as a cover for military operations. The whole thing is quite disturbing.
Also it's not even paranoid to think endangering aid workers is entirely deliberate considering Israel's endless attempts to disrupt aid delivery and distribution. What the Biden admin was even thinking directly involving US forces in any of this debacle is just absolutely baffling.
Well tommy vitor as usual associates everything to racism. When people in france are terrorized and getting bombed. They have reason to want to remove middle easterners.
Well maybe....europe is tired of Islamists raping and beheading and blowing up stuff in their own countries.
56:30 clearly Tuberville was wrong about there not being any videos of battle. But he was actually right about Putin not having aspirations to conquer Europe, like many war mongers claim he does. I’m surprised he didn’t mention that.